Aranama people
Extinct North American Indigenous people
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The Aranama were an Indigenous people who lived along the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers of present-day Texas,[1] near the Gulf Coast.
Map of Aranama territory circa 1500 CE | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| extinct (1843) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Texas, Aridoamerica | |
| Languages | |
| Aranama language | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Coahuiltecans |
Language
Aranama people spoke the Aranama language, a poorly attested language that went extinct in the mid-19th century. It may have been a Coahuiltecan language but remains unclassified.[2]
History
Many Aranama people moved to Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga at its second and third locations.[3] Several times, they left the mission to move north, and occasionally joined the Tawakonis. Each time, the Spanish colonists convinced them to return.[1]
Some Aranama people also joined San Antonio de Valero in San Antonio and Nuestra Señora del Refugio in Refugio.[1]